Vision Events

Store, query, and manage time-series vision events from edge devices and workflows.

The Vision Events API lets you record structured events from your computer vision deployments, then query and analyze them. Events can include images, detection annotations, custom metadata, and type-specific data for quality checks, inventory counts, safety alerts, and more.

With the Vision Events API, you can:

• Upload a Vision Event Image

• Create a Vision Event

• Batch Create Vision Events

• Query Vision Events

• List Use Cases

• Get Custom Metadata Schema

Authentication

All Vision Events endpoints use Bearer token authentication with your Roboflow API key:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Vision Events endpoints require specific scoped API key permissions:

• Read operations (query, list, schema): vision-events:read or device:read

• Write operations (create, batch, upload): vision-events:write or device:update

Use Cases

Each vision event is associated with a use case. To learn how to create and manage use cases, see the Use Cases documentation.

You can also list existing use cases that have recorded events via the API.

Event Types

The API supports five event types, each with its own eventData schema:

Event Type	Description
quality_check	QA and inspection results
inventory_count	Inventory measurements
safety_alert	Safety incidents and alerts
custom	Freeform event data
operator_feedback	Human feedback on model predictions

Data Retention

Events are retained for a configurable lookback window (default: 14 days). The lookbackDays value is returned in query responses so you know the effective retention period for your workspace.